Quick definitions from WordNet (study)▸ noun:a room used for reading and writing and studying ("He knocked lightly on the closed door of the study")▸ noun:a state of deep mental absorption ("She is in a deep study")▸ noun:applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading) ("No schools offer graduate study in interior design")▸ noun:a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique ("A study in spiccato bowing")▸ noun:someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play) ("He is a quick study")▸ noun:a detailed critical inspection▸ noun:preliminary drawing for later elaboration▸ noun:attentive consideration and meditation▸ noun:a written document describing the findings of some individual or group ("This accords with the recent study by Hill and Dale")▸ noun:a branch of knowledge ("Anthropology is the study of human beings")▸ verb:give careful consideration to▸ verb:learn by reading books ("He is studying geology in his room")▸ verb:be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning▸ verb:think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes ("He is meditating in his study")▸ verb:be a student of a certain subject▸ verb:consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #28267)
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